The Chinese will strive for wealth when most ofquote:
Originally posted by Last_Z:
EDIT: IF.....IF China could keep the current economic pace WITHOUT internal friction, then they will have been the most succesful country to adopt the Socialist/Communist system without implosion. The Soviet Union, as mighty as it was could no longer support itself.....much less its puppet countries (Hungary, Bulgary, Romania, Cuba among others) due to the fact they absolutely had no economy whatsoever. Their only export was war materiel and related items, so once there were no more wars, it had no where to go but down. China, on the other hand, has adapted beautifully by keeping rigid control and dominance on politics and the country overall, BUT establishing a somewhat capitalist economy....something the USSR and Cuba, among others never did. How long will it last? Will people want more than just a couple of bucks in their pockets....Freedom (were you referring to this J?) Elections? I don't know. Time will tell!
them are poor, but when a substantial number of
them achieve wealth, they'll not be content with
wealth because wealth does not buy contentment.
Avarice only creates more avarice. Money is like
a drink which causes more thirst.
One thing that Money can do is give people power
to persuade other people to do things for them.
This monetary power will conflict with political
power. The old guard leadership of China will
not be wise enough to deal with this peevish
new wealthy aristocrat. Entire industrial
empires will be demolished at the stroke of a
whimsical bureacrat's pen. Political system
will battle insatiable and unsatisfied economic
system. Political system will win temporarily
at great economic expense, but people once
affluent will not willingly go back to privation.
So, in the long run, like an aging parent, the
old Communists will lose control. More turmoil
will ensue, and all of that time economy will
implode.
If I were you, I'd stay the %$#@ away from China
for the next thirty years. There's going to be
a lot of human tragedy over there. The
guillotine only cares about one color, the color
red. None of us has a red exterior, but the
executioner knows how to extract the red life force
from all of us. When the second Chinese revolution
hits, foreigners will spill their blood along
with the Chinese colleagues.
Jae